2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification

The 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification was a scheduled women's football competition which would have decided the participating teams of the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations qualification
Tournament details
DatesCancelled
(originally 6 April – 9 June 2020)
Teams36 (from 1 confederation)

A total of 12 teams would qualify to play in the final tournament, including the hosts which would qualify automatically.[1]

On 30 June 2020, following a decision by CAF, the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Draw

A record total of 36 (out of 54) CAF member national teams entered the qualifying rounds. The draw was held on 4 December 2019 at the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3][4][5] The draw procedures were as follows:[6]

  • In the first round, the 28 teams were drawn into 14 ties, with teams divided into four pots based on their geographical zones and those in the same pot drawn to play against each other.
  • In the second round, the 14 preliminary round winners and the eight teams receiving byes to the second round were allocated into 11 ties based on the first round tie numbers, with eight first round winners playing against the eight teams receiving byes, and the other six first round winners playing against each other.
Bye to second round
(8 teams)		 First round entrants (28 teams)
Pot A
(8 from COSAFA)		 Pot B
(1 from COSAFA + 5 from UNIFFAC)		 Pot C
(6 from CECAFA)		 Pot D
(4 from WAFU A)		 Pot E
(3 from WAFU B + 1 from UNAF)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

Format

Qualification ties were to be played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score was tied after the second leg, the away goals rule would be applied, and if still tied, the penalty shoot-out (no extra time) would be used to determine the winner.[7]

Schedule

The first round matches were originally scheduled for 6–14 April 2020. On 13 March 2020, the CAF announced that all first round matches had been postponed until further notice.[8]

The second round matches were originally scheduled for 1–9 June 2020. On 3 April 2020, FIFA had recommended that all June 2020 international matches be postponed.[9]

On 30 June 2020, the CAF announced that the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations had been cancelled.[10]

Bracket

The 11 winners of the second round would have qualified for the 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.[4][5]

  First round Second round
                         
 Zambia    
 Mozambique    
    Winner 1  
  Winner 2  
 Zimbabwe  
 Mauritius    
  First round Second round
                         
 Malawi    
 Eswatini    
    Winner 3  
   South Africa  
 South Africa  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Namibia    
 Botswana    
    Winner 4  
  Winner 5  
 Gabon  
 Central African Republic    
  First round Second round
                         
 Angola    
 Congo    
    Winner 6  
   Equatorial Guinea  
 Equatorial Guinea  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 DR Congo    
 São Tomé and Príncipe    
    Winner 7  
  Winner 8  
 Tanzania  
 Kenya    
  First round Second round
                         
 Burundi    
 Uganda    
    Winner 9  
   Cameroon  
 Cameroon  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Ethiopia    
 Djibouti    
    Winner 10  
   Morocco  
 Morocco  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Liberia    
 Senegal    
    Winner 11  
   Mali  
 Mali  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Guinea-Bissau    
 Gambia    
    Winner 12  
   Ghana  
 Ghana  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Togo    
 Niger    
    Winner 13  
   Nigeria  
 Nigeria  
Bye    
  First round Second round
                         
 Algeria    
 Burkina Faso    
    Winner 14  
   Ivory Coast  
 Ivory Coast  
Bye    

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zambia  Match 1  Mozambique — —
Zimbabwe  Match 2  Mauritius — —
Malawi  Match 3  Eswatini — —
Namibia  Match 4  Botswana — —
Gabon  Match 5  Central African Republic — —
Angola  Match 6  Congo — —
DR Congo  Match 7  São Tomé and Príncipe — —
Tanzania  Match 8  Kenya — —
Burundi  Match 9  Uganda — —
Ethiopia  Match 10  Djibouti — —
Liberia  Match 11  Senegal — —
Guinea-Bissau  Match 12  Gambia — —
Togo  Match 13  Niger — —
Algeria  Match 14  Burkina Faso — —

Second round

Winners would have qualified for 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Winner 1 Match 15 Winner 2 — —
Winner 3 Match 16  South Africa — —
Winner 4 Match 17 Winner 5 — —
Winner 6 Match 18  Equatorial Guinea — —
Winner 7 Match 19 Winner 8 — —
Winner 9 Match 20  Cameroon — —
Winner 10 Match 21  Morocco — —
Winner 11 Match 22  Mali — —
Winner 12 Match 23  Ghana — —
Winner 13 Match 24  Nigeria — —
Winner 14 Match 25  Ivory Coast — —

References
  1. "Record entry as Caf releases African Women's Cup of Nations qualifying fixtures and dates". Goal.com. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. "2020 Africa women's cup of nations postponed". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  3. "Draw 2020 U-17 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualifiers". Facebook. CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. "CAF draws lots for the Total Women AFCON 2020 and preliminaries for FIFA U-17 & U-20 Women's World Cup 2020". CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. "Fixtures for the Women's AFCON Qualifiers" (PDF). CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. "Draw Procedures for the Women's AFCON Qualifiers" (PDF). CAF. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. "Regulations of the Women Africa Cup of Nations" (PDF). CAF.
  8. "Total AFCON 2021 qualifiers postponed". CAF. 13 March 2020.
  9. "Dedicated COVID-19 working group proposes recommendations after first meeting". FIFA.com. 3 April 2020.
  10. "Decisions of CAF Executive Meeting – 30 June 2020". CAF. 30 June 2020.
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